Elections are where you vote for the people who will make the decisions that affect you every day. These could be decisions about local issues such as your bin collection, national issues like healthcare, or global issues like defence. It is important to vote because otherwise your opinion will not be heard.

In the UK, you can choose whether you vote. If you do not vote, you are letting other people make decisions about issues that affect you.

Why vote?

Who can vote?

be 18 years of age

normally live at an address in Bracknell Forest

be a British, Irish, Commonwealth or European Union (EU) citizen

To be able to vote in Bracknell Forest, you need to:

EU citizens can vote at local elections and European Parliamentary elections only. They cannot vote at UK Parliamentary elections.

If you are a foreign national and wish to see if you are eligible to register, please check against the list of eligible nationalities.

Remand prisoners may register at the institution where they are currently resident or at the address they would have been resident or have previously lived.

Remand prisoners

Mental health patients, either voluntary or detained (but not those detained for criminal activity) may register at the institution where they are currently resident or at the address they would have been resident or have previously lived.